Paul Willett
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First Harvest
The new Forever Home has two small fruit trees in the back. The apples are very small, barely bigger than ping pong ball, and almost all of them have been pecked at by birds and critters. I won't be trying any of them. But the pears! They're not as big as the ones in the store, but…
The new Forever Home has two small fruit trees in the back. The apples are very small, barely bigger than ping pong ball, and almost all of them have been pecked at by birds and critters. I won't be trying any of them. But the pears! They're not as big as the ones in the store, but…
First Harvest
The new Forever Home has two small fruit trees in the back. The apples are very small, barely bigger than ping pong ball, and almost all of them have been pecked at by birds and critters. I won't be trying any of them. But the pears! They're not as big as the ones in the store, but they've gotten close to that size, and they're turning from green to yellow. And there are a LOT of them. Almost all with spots of bird crap on them, but very few with chunks eaten away.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
First Harvest
The new Forever Home has two small fruit trees in the back. The apples are very small, barely bigger than ping pong ball, and almost all of them have been pecked at by birds and critters. I won't be trying any of them. But the pears! They're not as big as the ones in the store, but…
The new Forever Home has two small fruit trees in the back. The apples are very small, barely bigger than ping pong ball, and almost all of them have been pecked at by birds and critters. I won't be trying any of them. But the pears! They're not as big as the ones in the store, but…
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People in the Trump administration seem to be stupid...or they really believe their supporters are stupid. Or both. It could be both.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
People in the Trump administration seem to be stupid...or they really believe their supporters are stupid. Or both. It could be both.
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And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
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This is all John Roberts’ fault www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is all John Roberts’ fault www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clear In The East Tonight
More cloudy, cool, windy, drizzly, with another larger storm coming on Thursday and Friday, but tonight when I went out it had gotten crystal clear in the east. Orion was high, along with all of the other bright winter constellations. A simple iPhone shot, setting it down…
More cloudy, cool, windy, drizzly, with another larger storm coming on Thursday and Friday, but tonight when I went out it had gotten crystal clear in the east. Orion was high, along with all of the other bright winter constellations. A simple iPhone shot, setting it down…
Clear In The East Tonight
More cloudy, cool, windy, drizzly, with another larger storm coming on Thursday and Friday, but tonight when I went out it had gotten crystal clear in the east. Orion was high, along with all of the other bright winter constellations. A simple iPhone shot, setting it down on a garden hose box and getting a 30-second exposure. The brightest object, in the lower left, is Jupiter, with Castor and Pollux in Gemini above and to the left of it. Orion's in the center right and you can clearly see the nebula that's the center "star" in the "sword." The "V" shape of Taurus is just to the right of center at the top edge, and the bright star in the lower right, just above the pergola and clouds, is Sirius.
pauljwillett.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Clear In The East Tonight
More cloudy, cool, windy, drizzly, with another larger storm coming on Thursday and Friday, but tonight when I went out it had gotten crystal clear in the east. Orion was high, along with all of the other bright winter constellations. A simple iPhone shot, setting it down…
More cloudy, cool, windy, drizzly, with another larger storm coming on Thursday and Friday, but tonight when I went out it had gotten crystal clear in the east. Orion was high, along with all of the other bright winter constellations. A simple iPhone shot, setting it down…
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Came across Klingon Bluegrass music and now you get to hear it if you want to.
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
batlh vIteqta’ | Klingon Doomgrass | A Star Trek Folk Metal Anthem (Original Song)
YouTube video by Lord OTT
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Came across Klingon Bluegrass music and now you get to hear it if you want to.
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?...
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In Cinematography interview Tobias described Mensah as the emotional anchor for the show and I agree. I loved her so much, it was so good to see a mature aged woman take co-lead role in a scifi. Noma was amazing in every scene and especially with Murderbot. Again, please #murderbot @marthawells.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
In Cinematography interview Tobias described Mensah as the emotional anchor for the show and I agree. I loved her so much, it was so good to see a mature aged woman take co-lead role in a scifi. Noma was amazing in every scene and especially with Murderbot. Again, please #murderbot @marthawells.com
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
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“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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Yale & Penn found that literally tens of thousands of people will die because of the Trump Administration’s cuts to healthcare.
I will never stop fighting for a right to quality, affordable care for every American.
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
I will never stop fighting for a right to quality, affordable care for every American.
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
House Bill Seen Causing 51,000 Preventable Deaths Annually
Health care scientists warm the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will strip health insurance from millions and cause thousands of preventable deaths annually
ldi.upenn.edu
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Yale & Penn found that literally tens of thousands of people will die because of the Trump Administration’s cuts to healthcare.
I will never stop fighting for a right to quality, affordable care for every American.
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
I will never stop fighting for a right to quality, affordable care for every American.
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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Former VP @kamalaharris.com sits down with @timmiller.bsky.social in Nashville to discuss the state of American democracy.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Former VP @kamalaharris.com sits down with @timmiller.bsky.social in Nashville to discuss the state of American democracy.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
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Trump calls for ABC broadcast licenses to be revoked after reporter's question reut.rs/4pmcwJm
Trump calls for ABC broadcast licenses to be revoked after reporter's question
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that broadcasting licenses used by affiliates of Walt Disney's ABC should be "taken away" after he disagreed with a question posed by a reporter for the network.
reut.rs
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trump calls for ABC broadcast licenses to be revoked after reporter's question reut.rs/4pmcwJm
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You very rarely see Trump genuinely laugh.
How telling that he’s doing so now in the presence of a murderer and abuser of human rights who pays him a lot of money.
How telling that he’s doing so now in the presence of a murderer and abuser of human rights who pays him a lot of money.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
You very rarely see Trump genuinely laugh.
How telling that he’s doing so now in the presence of a murderer and abuser of human rights who pays him a lot of money.
How telling that he’s doing so now in the presence of a murderer and abuser of human rights who pays him a lot of money.
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I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
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My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here is the administratively correct post from last night! Rejoice in the minutiae of the political process!
(but for real it’s important to follow all the little rules, even when they seem silly, and I am very pleased to have the support of @dwsoc.bsky.social )
(but for real it’s important to follow all the little rules, even when they seem silly, and I am very pleased to have the support of @dwsoc.bsky.social )
DWSOC voted to support Chris Kluwe for California Assembly District 72! We cannot wait to help him flip this seat! @chriswarcraft.bsky.social @kluweoc.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here is the administratively correct post from last night! Rejoice in the minutiae of the political process!
(but for real it’s important to follow all the little rules, even when they seem silly, and I am very pleased to have the support of @dwsoc.bsky.social )
(but for real it’s important to follow all the little rules, even when they seem silly, and I am very pleased to have the support of @dwsoc.bsky.social )
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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I watched a clip of MBS and our sham president in the Oval Office and what he said about Jamal Khashoggi was so offensive and such an outright and disgusting lie I'm surprised no one in that room was struck by lightning. It was cruel, it was inhumane and it was so utterly shameful.
And now MBS is getting the blood-red carpet treatment to the White House.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I watched a clip of MBS and our sham president in the Oval Office and what he said about Jamal Khashoggi was so offensive and such an outright and disgusting lie I'm surprised no one in that room was struck by lightning. It was cruel, it was inhumane and it was so utterly shameful.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
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Bookmark this post, the President of the United States of America just undermined our own Intelligence agencies in the Oval Office to fit hus narrative.
youtube.com/shorts/AKUsN...
youtube.com/shorts/AKUsN...
BREAKING: Trump undermines American intelligence in the Oval Office over journalist murder.
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bookmark this post, the President of the United States of America just undermined our own Intelligence agencies in the Oval Office to fit hus narrative.
youtube.com/shorts/AKUsN...
youtube.com/shorts/AKUsN...